Garment holder



Jan; 17, 1967 B. P. RUETTGER GARMENT HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed April 26, 1965 FIG-l United States Patent 3,298,535 GARMENT HOLDER Bernard P. Ruettger, 15405 Delaware, Lakewood, Ohio 44107 Filed Apr. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 453,550 1 Claim. (Cl. 211-113) This invention relates to garment holders and, more particularly, to a shirt holder.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is an ensemble of paper sleeves through which a piece of cardboard is passed and appropriately attached. At the top of the cardboard, space is available to secure a suitable hook or hanging innovation for storage and/ or transportation purposes. The primary intent of the invention is to provide an economical storage and transportation vehicle for laundered shirts or similar garments awaiting or undergoing delivery from a laundry to a customer.

The invention aims to present easy access to a number of shirts or articles at one and the same time so that the articles can still be examined on an individual basis with regard to collar construction and general appearance while being collectively contained within the pockets formed by the sleeves and cardboard backing.

The invention allows further identification of the garments on an individual basis while they are collectively contained by printing or otherwise marking or labeling any exposed area of each half sleeve holding a single garment with information needed to further segregate or point out the physical characteristics of the same.

In the case of the device holding a number of shirts, it is advantageous to indicate the configuration of each shirts cuffs as to whether they are French cuffs, button cuffs, or a combination of French and button cuffs so that the persons concerned can peruse the garments more completely before making a selection. The manner in which identification can be established in this Way is extensive and many innovations will readily become apparent to those familiar with the art.

As the intent of this invention is primarily pointed toward offering a means to house garments or other similar articles for one purpose or another, the specific materials having enough capabilities for use in the markup or fabrication of the invention range far, depending upon the end use of the invention. All of the parts making up this invention can be fabricated from many workable materials, some of which include paper, carboard, plastic, tin, sheet metal, cloth, or wood.

More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved shirt holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shirt holder which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and simple and efiicient to use.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a device according to the invention holding six shirts, three of which are hidden from view, being immediately to the rear;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the device holding six shirts; and

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the rear of the shirt holder of FIGS. 1 and 2.

Now with more particular reference to the drawings, the shirt holder shown is made up of a flat piece of cardboard 50 which has paper sleeves 43 fixed thereto and vertically spaced thereon. The cardboard 50 has side scallops 33 to 41 inclusive. These scallops are cut out to form laterally extending projections 30 and 31 which are defined by radiused portions 15 and 26 inclusive.

The sleeves 43 are folded together at their edges and staples 42 pass through the projections and sleeves. The staples 42 are spaced just inwardly of corners 1 to 12 inclusive. The sleeves 43 may be approximately two inches wide and defined by edges 44. The cardboard 50 may have holes 13 and 14 therein which could receive a suitable hanger 32. The ends of the sleeve 43 may be overlapped at 28 and 29 and the ends thereof can be pasted together in a suitable manner.

Shirts may he slipped in under the sleeves 43 at each side of the cardboard piece as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The bottom end of each shirt will be disposed directly under the shoulders of the shirt thereabove so that the shirt above will be supported against sliding down further by the shirt below and the tips of the collars will overlie the upper edges 44 of the strips.

Thus, each shirt will be slipped in-between one half of the sleeve 43 and the shirts will therefore be sym metrically supported on each side of the cardboard piece. The parts which are desirable to be visible are clearly shown and clearly in view of the person inspecting them, these being the collar and the front of the skirt. Each shirt will receive some support from the shirt above it while it is supported partly by the upper edge of the top of the sleeve 43.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms but the structure shown is capable of modification within a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

A shirt holder for supporting a plurality of shirts comprising,

a fiat piece of relatively stiff cardboardlike material formed generally into the shape of a rectangle and having a front and a back surface,

vertically spaced scallops formed in each side of said cardboard,

each two of said scallops that are adjacent each other having a projection therebetween,

said projections being spaced along each side of said piece of cardboard,

each said projection being disposed opposite a said projection on the opposite side of said piece of cardboard,

spaced paper sleeves,

each said paper sleeve being made of relatively thin paper material and comprising a relatively narrow strip of paper extending from a said projection on one side of said cardboard piece to a said projection on the opposite side of said cardboard piece,

said thin paper material extending across said cardboard piece on both the front and back surface therefore,

means fixing said paper sleeves to said projections,

said sleeves being spaced apart a distance approximate- References Cited by the Examiner 1y equal to the length of an average size folded shirt, UNITED STATES PATENTS said candboardllke piece having 21 Width approximating an average sized hirt a flat piece of relatively stiif cardboardlike material 5 21054661 9/1936 Relch 22987 each said sleeve being adapted to receive a shirt there- 2,751,071 6/1956 Goldband 20645-31 under with the cuffs of the sleeves of the shirt there- 2,866,559 12/1958 Byme 211 35 above exposed and the bottom end of each shirt partially supported behind the shoulder of the shirt CLAUDE LE Primary Exammer below it. 10 W. D. LOULAN, Assistant Examiner. 

